To continue its stunning rise, China must fundamentally rethink its cities, companies, and society.

China's next chapterMcKinsey Quarterly Special Edition

To continue its stunning rise, China must fundamentally rethink its cities, companies, and society.

Serving China’s new middle class

[one_third last=”no”]

Mapping China’s middle class

Generational change and the rising prosperity of inland cities will power consumption for years to come. more
[/one_third]
[one_third last=”no”]

Winning the battle for China’s new middle class

A huge wave of increasingly affluent consumers will constitute China’s urban majority by 2020. To serve them, multinationals must adapt—or be left behind. more
[/one_third]
[one_third last=”yes”]

China’s e-tail revolution

The rapid growth of e-tailing is encouraging consumption and reshaping the industry. more
[/one_third]

China’s manufacturing challenge

[one_third last=”no”]

A new era for manufacturing in China

Companies that continue to base their manufacturing strategies solely on China’s rock-bottom wages and stratospheric domestic growth rates are in for a rude awakening. New challenges will require new competitive priorities. more
[/one_third]

[one_third last=”no”]

Seizing China’s energy efficiency challenge

Improving energy efficiency in industrial environments starts with changing minds—not machinery. The progress made by one of China’s largest state-owned enterprises holds lessons for industrial players of all stripes. more
[/one_third]

[one_third last=”yes”]

Can China remain the factory of the world?

A new middle class. An urban transformation. An e-tailing revolution. This slideshow details the key trends that will define a new China.more
[/one_third]

China’s technology and innovation opportunity

[one_fourth last=”no”]

China’s innovation engine picks up speed

Meaningful advances are emerging in fields ranging from genomics to mobile apps—and what’s happening beneath the surface may be even more significant. more
[/one_fourth]

[one_fourth last=”no”]

Thriving in a PC-plus world: An interview with Lenovo’s Yang Yuanqing

The Chinese computer maker—now among the world’s largest—expects mobile devices to supplement PCs, not replace them. more
[/one_fourth]

[one_fourth last=”no”]

A strategic role for China’s CIOs

CIOs have a key part to play as Chinese enterprises start looking to IT for business growth and global competitiveness. more
[/one_fourth]

[one_fourth last=”yes”]

How e-tailing is changing China

E-tailing is having a broader impact on China’s economy by stimulating consumption. more
[/one_fourth]

China’s human capital quest

[one_fourth last=”no”]

Developing China’s business leaders: A conversation with Yingyi Qian

In an interview with McKinsey’s Dominic Barton, the dean of Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management reflects on the characteristics of successful Chinese leaders, and the skills they’ll need to thrive in the future.more
[/one_fourth]

[one_fourth last=”no”]

Capability building in China

Skill building must be rewards-based, rooted in real work, and tailored to local conditions. more
[/one_fourth]
[one_fourth last=”no”]

Twin-track training

Knorr-Bremse’s Henrik Thiele explains how the German braking-systems company has developed a global-local approach to capability building in China. more
[/one_fourth]

[one_fourth last=”yes”]

Managing the Chinese way

Despite decades of experience in China, many organizations still struggle to identify and select executives who are likely to be effective in China. An executive with 20 years of experience in China says that to succeed there, leaders must learn to think differently and devote particular attention to people. more
[/one_fourth]

[one_half last=”no”]

The $250 billion question: Can China close the skills gap?

China’s companies are failing to find the high-skilled workers they need, while individuals find themselves ill-prepared for the jobs that are available. more
[/one_half]

[one_half last=”yes”]

Can China close the talent gap?

As China evolves from being the workshop of the world to an economy driven by higher value-added products and services, it will need more high-skilled workers. more
[/one_half]

China’s financial coming-of-age

[one_fourth last=”no”]

China’s rising stature in global finance

The country’s financial markets are deepening, foreign investment keeps pouring in, and capital is flowing outward. What would it take for China to assume a new role as world financier? more
[/one_fourth]

[one_fourth last=”no”]

Due diligence in China: Art, science, and self-defense

Widespread delisting of Chinese companies has investors rethinking due diligence and looking harder for subtle clues that something is amiss. more
[/one_fourth]

[one_fourth last=”no”]

Private-equity lessons from the front line

The opportunities are still plentiful if investors apply a different skill set. more
[/one_fourth]

[one_fourth last=”yes”]

A new direction in Chinese banking

Shifting from primarily servicing larger enterprises to individuals and small business presents Chinese banks with a major challenge. more
[/one_fourth]

China’s urbanization imperative

[one_half last=”no”]

Chinese infrastructure: The big picture

China leads the world in infrastructure investment. Explore today’s impressive reality, and see what the future holds, in this by-the-numbers summary.more
[/one_half]

[one_half last=”yes”]

Chinas commitment to a green agenda

Environmental quality in China has become inseparable from economic growth. The nation’s government will have to act.more
[/one_half]

Looking forward

[one_third last=”no”]

Forecasting China

McKinsey’s Gordon Orr has been publishing predictions about China for nearly five years. Join him for a review of the good guesses, major misses, and lessons he’s learned from both. more
[/one_third]

Sign-up for new insights

Sign-up now to receive new insights and multimedia from McKinsey China, and receive a 154-page PDF of “China’s next chapter”, a special edition of McKinsey Quarterly.

Subscribe

Sign-up now to receive new insights and multimedia from McKinsey China, and receive a 154-page PDF of "China's next chapter", a special edition of McKinsey Quarterly.

McKinsey uses cookies to improve site functionality, provide you with a better browsing experience, and to enable our partners to advertise to you. Detailed information on the use of cookies on this Site, and how you can decline them, is provided in our cookie policy. By using this Site or clicking on ‘OK’, you consent to the use of cookies.